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Marie Curie Fellows in ASEAN

12 June 2017 - The Southeast Asia Chapter of the Marie Curie Alumni Association has been launched!

Members of the new chapter from all parts of Southeast Asia have been meeting in Singapore to kick off the chapter's work! The Southeast Asia Chapter is an official component of the MCAA, and encourages local networking and attracts new members to the Association within all parts of the region.

If you are a past or present Marie Curie Fellow you can join the chapter here.

In 2015, EURAXESS ASEAN invited a group of MSCA alumni, who are living and working in ASEAN, to meet in the Thai capital Bangkok. At the meeting, a regional group of MSCA alumni with members in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam was formed. Each member is a highly qualified researcher and alumnus of the European Commission-funded mobility and training programme Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). All member are listed below in the 'National Contact Points' section.

MSCA alumni in ASEAN work closely with EURAXESS ASEAN. Our joint goals are to inform, advise and assist researchers in ASEAN on the great career opportunities offered by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. MSCA alumni in ASEAN work closely with EURAXESS ASEAN in the organisation of information seminars and workshops. The group met in Hanoi, Vietnam on 12 May 2016 to agree on the joint work programme for 2016/17. The group is currently planning information sessions pertaining to the forthcoming MSCA-RISE call this December. All activities will be announced in the Events section below.

If you are a past or present beneficiary of the MSCA programme and currently based in ASEAN please do join us by sending an email to asean@euraxess.net

Careers and Funding

ASEAN-EU Cooperation in Science & Technology

Scientific cooperation with Southeast Asia became a higher priority on the political agenda since 2007 on the occasion of the 16th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting in Nuremberg, Germany. The reasons for this were the mutual interest expressed by officials to strengthen further our co-operation and the reciprocal will to share experience on S&T issues of common concern such as health, food safety and energy supply.

“EU Insights” is a collection of practical articles covering topics related to researcher mobility, European R&I developments and policies in the European Union. These “EU Insights” were originally published in the monthly Newsletters of each EURAXESS Links country/hub. They are also available for download and reading by clicking below.

European Commission: Research and Innovation

Horizon 2020, the EU's current framework programme for research and innovation runs from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of nearly EUR 80 billion. Horizon 2020 is fully open to international cooperation. The biggest EU research and innovation programme ever, Horizon 2020 is based on 3 pillars: Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership andSocietal Challenges.

European Research Council: Open to the world

The ERC is a flagship component of Horizon 2020’s Excellent Science. ERC is a top funding body providing funding for excellent researchers of any nationality, to carry out frontier research in Europe, via annual competitions. The ERC's mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, on the basis of scientific excellence.

Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) under Horizon 2020’s Excellent Science provide grants for all stages of researchers' careers and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. The MSCA enable research-focused organisations (universities, research centres, and companies) to host talented foreign researchers and to create strategic partnerships with leading institutions worldwide. The MSCA are open to all domains of research and innovation.

Erasmus +

Erasmus+ has opportunities for a wide range of organisations, including universities, education and training providers, think-tanks, research organisations, and private businesses.

Japan is a partner country in Erasmus+. Japanese institutions can join partnerships and be part of Credit Mobility agreements, individual Japanese students can apply for Joint Master Degrees. Japanese researchers can also indivudally apply for Jean Monnet Actions that foster study of European integration.

ASEAN-EU Research & Innovation Collaboration

Scientific cooperation with South-East Asia has become a high priority on the political agenda since the 16th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting in Nuremberg, Germany in 2007. Mutual interest in further strengthening the co-operation and the reciprocal will to share experience on S&T issues of common concern were the main driving forces. This was also supported by the strong participation of ASEAN participants in the EU Research Framework Programmes.

EURAXESS ASEAN organizes or co-organizes networking, information and training events across ASEAN. Each event addresses topics of interest to the multidisciplinary community of researchers in ASEAN.

EURAXESS ASEAN organises two annual flagship events;

“Advancing your research career in Europe: Funding and Fellowship opportunities for Researchers in Southeast Asia”

This event offers and opportunity to engage with representatives of leading research organizations and funding agencies from across Europe and to find out about the variety of fellowship and mobility schemes open to Southeast Asian researchers. The programme focuses on information about available opportunities for career advancement by working at labs, universities, research institutes and companies across Europe. The event also includes hands-on advice from invited alumni of various European programmes.

“European Research Day – Science Communication Workshop Series”

This very hands-on event focuses on providing motivated, highly talented researchers in ASEAN with a set of science communication skills so as to increase the number of successful applications to European funding and fellowship programs by researchers based in ASEAN. Each workshop covers the range of skills needed to enable the researchers to effectively promote themselves and communicate their science to a wide and variable audience, using the plethora of tools available today. Each workshop is led by an expert trainer from Europe.

EURAXESS ASEAN country representatives frequently address researchers during on-site visits to universities, research institutes and companies across ASEAN. During the visit the EURAXESS ASEAN representative will introduce the services offered by the EURAXESS network to assist researchers who would like to embark on a research mobility experience in Europe. The representative will present on existing research cooperation and career opportunities in Europe or with European partners. Eligibility and application procedure to key European researcherer mobility programmes, including the European Research Council (ERC) and the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions MSCA, will also be introduced.

If you wish to organize such a presentation in your organization, please contact asean@euraxess.net.

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Partners

“SEA-EU-NET 2” is the second project that has been set up to expand scientific collaboration between Europe and Southeast Asia (SEA) in a more strategic and coherent manner. The four-year long project was launched in October 2012, involves 21 institutions from the two regions.